Supreme Court · 1990 INSC 69 · Decided 1 March 1990
State of Andhra Pradesh v. P.V. Pavithran
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1990 INSC 69 · [1990] 1 S.C.R. 746
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 359/1989
- Decided
- 1 March 1990
- Bench
- S. RATNAVEL PANDIAN, K. JAYACHANDRA REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 173, 482; Constitution Article 21; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 5(1)(e)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Sections 173 and 482- lnvestigation-lnordinate delay-Whether ipso facto a ground for quashing of F.1.R.-Factors to he considered for determining delay­ C Speedy investigation and trial-Necessity for. Constitution of India, 1950: Article 21-Right to speedy or disadvantage to accused. D A case was registered against the respondent, an officer of the Indian Police Service, under Section 5(2) read with Section S(l)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, on 8.3.1984 but the investigation report was submitted to the Government on
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)